Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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(1946) W.E. B. DuBois, “Behold the Land”
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Octavia E. “Junie” Butler (1947-2006)
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Faith Congregational Church [Hartford] (1819- )
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James Edward Shepard (1875-1947)

Explore Global African History

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Gaspar Yanga (c. 1545- ?)
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Yaa Asantewaa (mid-1800s-1921)
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Gondar, Ethopia
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William Richard Tolbert, Jr. (1913–1980)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Two Families, Two Destinies: A Personal Perspective on the Rwandan Genocide of 1994
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Loren Miller: Legal Crusader in the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century
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In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015
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The Myth of the Buffalo Soldiers

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators